We asked entrepreneurs to recall their worst hires ever.
Here's what they said:

Scott Testa,
38;Mindbridge Software Inc. in Norristown, Pennsylvania:
"We hired someone [who] would fall asleep in [his] cube and
start snoring. [Another employee] mentioned [it] to management, and
it was glossed over. Now, when someone approaches us in regard to
an issue, we take it a bit more seriously."

Alyson Dutch,
39;Brown
& Dutch Public Relations Inc. in Malibu, California:
"I once hired this gal who was super-utilitarian." Or so
Dutch thought. "I loved her skills-until one day, [a client]
called to complain that if I [didn't] fire her, my company
would get the ax. One of our partners on the project also
complained of things that had not been done. I had had no idea the
project was in jeopardy, as my employee insisted on a daily basis
that all was well. [I learned] being an eternal optimist is not the
best policy when it comes to hiring."

Peter Cunningham,
33;Cunningham & Co., a PR firm in Chicago: "My
worst employee was a college intern. [She] had two or three therapy
sessions [per] week over the phone with her psychiatrist in
California-on our dime. I once sent her down the street to
Office Depot to get 50 copies of a press kit made. Two hours later,
I walked down to Office Depot to find her sitting on the floor in
the copy center crying over a mess of paper. She thought she would
save a penny per copy by doing it herself. Unfortunately, it
didn't work out so well.

"One night, we were at a hotel with clients before a big
event that started at 8:00 [the next morning]. She excused herself
to get dressed for going out with some friends. We saw her later in
the lobby dressed in the Gothic fashion of Marilyn Manson. The next
morning, she showed up looking like death itself and proceeded to
run out of the event to throw up."